Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations and Tables xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Abbreviations xv
6. Introduction 1
7. PART ONE Power and Politics in Boccaccio’s Times
8. 1 An Apprenticeship in Politics (1341–1343) 13
9. 2 Boccaccio and Politics (1348–1355) 47
10. 3 The 1360 Conspiracy (1359–1361) 83
11. 4 Consequences of the Conspiracy (1361–1365) 112
12. PART TWO At the Intersections of Literature and Politics
13. 5 Antityrannical Motives in De mulieribus claris 147
14. 6 The Consolatoria a Pino de’ Rossi: A Manifesto on Innocence 175
15. 7 The Lives of Dante 207
16. 8 Conspirators in the Decameron 235
17. Afterword 265
18. Appendices
19. Appendix 1 Genealogical Tables 267
20. Appendix 2 Transcriptions of Documents 272
21. Appendix 3 The Conspirators: Prosopographical Notes 281
22. Bibliography 295
23. Index of Names 321